Are you obligated to like your parents?

No, you have No obligation to “love” them at all. As long as you have food, clothes, education, etc being provided you have a responsibility to respect their rules, just as if you were a guest at someone’s house and couldn’t pay your own way.

When a parent turns a child against another?

Parental Alienation is also referred to as Hostile Aggressive Parenting and it is a form of legal child abuse. It occurs when one parent undertakes a deliberate campaign to turn the child against the other and undermine the child’s love for that other parent.

When do you have to deal with the other parent?

Even when the kids turn 18 and the legal custody schedule expires, you will still have to deal with your children’s other parent. My second husband used to like to say, “Just wait until high school graduation. Then we won’t have to play this game anymore.”

Will My Parents get Me in the middle of their divorce?

My parents said they would never get me caught in the middle of their divorce, yet whenever conflict arose I felt obligated to either take a side or to somehow “keep the peace” in my family. I also found myself feeling responsible for their emotional well being.

What happens to the narcissistic father after divorce?

The narcissistic father is likely to be withdrawn from children after divorce. As the children grow they become less likely to remain a supply source for their damaged parent. Facebook Twitter Pinterest YouTube Tumblr Divorced Moms

What happens to your kids when you get a divorce?

If she was letting them watch inappropriate movies or keeping them up too late or letting them go to school inappropriately dressed, you still had an influence. Once you are divorced, your kids are on their own when they spend time with her. You have no control over whom she introduces them to–or even leaves them with.